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each time they have come under pressure with the local people. they have always wanted to run to the nigerian government and to say to them, oil is 90% of the foreign exchange. if something happens, the economy will be destroyed, so you have to deal with the troublemakers. most times, the government will oblige. when these communities protest and say look at the amount of violence being used against us, we are protesting peacefully. then the government can say there is no way we can determine how much violence we use against the people. so then the local communities have no leverage with the oil companies at all. >> that was ken saro-wiwa. he was executed in 2010 by the nigerian regime. finally, the hair as me -- baher azmy, why is the court hearing this again? it is in that unusual? >> the court is asking two questions in the case, the first is, corporations, because of their form, are exempt from otherwise binding international human rights obligations. they are also asking an equally broad question, whether or not this statute could apply to a
each time they have come under pressure with the local people. they have always wanted to run to the nigerian government and to say to them, oil is 90% of the foreign exchange. if something happens, the economy will be destroyed, so you have to deal with the troublemakers. most times, the government will oblige. when these communities protest and say look at the amount of violence being used against us, we are protesting peacefully. then the government can say there is no way we can determine...
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she ended up being vice president of the local bank. she ended up living alone by choice. and the reason she to be independent was because of social security and medicare. she had worked all her life, put in this money, and understood there was a basic guarantee, a floor under which she could not go. that is the perspective i bring when i think about what's called entitlements. the name itself implies some sense of dependency on the part of these folks. these are folks who have worked hard, like my grandmother, and there are millions of people out there counting on this. so my approach is to say, how to strengthen the system over the long term? and in medicare, we did was said, we're going to have to bring down the costs if we're going to deal with our long-term deficits, but to do that, let's look where some of the money is going. $716 billion we were able said from the medicare program by no longer overpaying insurance companies by making sure that we were not overpaying providers. and using that money, we were actually able to lower prescription drug costs for seniors b
she ended up being vice president of the local bank. she ended up living alone by choice. and the reason she to be independent was because of social security and medicare. she had worked all her life, put in this money, and understood there was a basic guarantee, a floor under which she could not go. that is the perspective i bring when i think about what's called entitlements. the name itself implies some sense of dependency on the part of these folks. these are folks who have worked hard,...
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police in denver are investigating the shooting of president obama's local campaign office on friday. people were inside the office when a single bullet was fired through the window, but no one was injured. former pennsylvania senator arlen specter has died at the age of 82. he achieved national prominence in the early 1990's to in the confirmation hearings a future supreme court justice clarence thomas when he harshly question anita hill, the law professor who had accused thomas of sexual harassment. he drew criticism after accusing hill of perjury and helping to push through thomas's controversial point. a longtime republican, specter again made headlines in 2009 when he crossed the aisle to join the democrats. he retired after losing his seat the following year. and those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. @we begin today's show in texas, or a standoff is underway over construction of the keystone xl oil pipeline. it would run tar sands oil from canada to u.s. refineries on the gulf coast. while presiden
police in denver are investigating the shooting of president obama's local campaign office on friday. people were inside the office when a single bullet was fired through the window, but no one was injured. former pennsylvania senator arlen specter has died at the age of 82. he achieved national prominence in the early 1990's to in the confirmation hearings a future supreme court justice clarence thomas when he harshly question anita hill, the law professor who had accused thomas of sexual...
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i want to play a comment from dan chancellor who is running for a seat on the local commission. i met him when i was in telluride. he was talking about a proposed uranium mill in paradox, utah. >> we have some development on the valley floor that is at issue. [indiscernible] >> what is it? >> a uranium mill. they're getting ready to put a uranium mill near paradox. >> [indiscernible] >> the economy. typically what happens, they bring people in from other places when the mill closes down. we a people with no sense of community. also, the prevailing winds, straight to telluride, 60 miles away. their high-tech solution to keeping those particles from flowing into our lives is spring water on them. basically, they're taking our water to do it. my father grew up in an area on top of [indiscernible] and he died of cancer of 58. >> what type of cancer? >> lung cancer, but the tide is -- the type of cancer is typically associated with radiation. his doctor asked him if he worked in the uranium industry. >> that was dan chancellor, running for a seat on the local san miguel county commis
i want to play a comment from dan chancellor who is running for a seat on the local commission. i met him when i was in telluride. he was talking about a proposed uranium mill in paradox, utah. >> we have some development on the valley floor that is at issue. [indiscernible] >> what is it? >> a uranium mill. they're getting ready to put a uranium mill near paradox. >> [indiscernible] >> the economy. typically what happens, they bring people in from other places...
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when he is asked how he will cut the deficit, he says he can make the math work by eliminating local public funding for pbs. now, by the way, this is not new. this is what he has been saying every time he's asked a question. "well, we can cut out pbs." for all your moms and kids, don't worry, summit is finally getting tough on big bird. >> mitt romney criticize president obama for focusing on what he called "saving the big bird swo." >> these are tough times with tough issues for you have to scratch your head when you to the president's been in the last week talking about big bird. [applause] i actually think we need a president who talks about saving the american people and setting good jobs and saving our future. >> ohio is asking the supreme court to overturn a federal pills ruling that struck down the state's effort to prevent early voting the weekend before the election. although as republican controlled legislature had barred early weekend voting fleming state officials need the time to prepare for election day. last month, the u.s. district court ruled the state had failed to
when he is asked how he will cut the deficit, he says he can make the math work by eliminating local public funding for pbs. now, by the way, this is not new. this is what he has been saying every time he's asked a question. "well, we can cut out pbs." for all your moms and kids, don't worry, summit is finally getting tough on big bird. >> mitt romney criticize president obama for focusing on what he called "saving the big bird swo." >> these are tough times with...
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the recent dump happened in ju off the west coast of canada, where the head of the local nation said it was touted as the salmon enhancement project. the nation president said the local people would have rejected the project if they had known of any potential negative consequences to the ocean. the national oceanic a graphic and emma's werke administration has announced september 2012 was tied for the warmest september on record worldwide. september marked the 331st month in a row with global temperature above the 20th century average. the last below average temperature for any month was february 1985. the american civil liberties union has filed a class-action discrimination lawsuit against morgan stanley for pedaling predatory subprime loans to african-american borrowers in detroit. the lawsuit alleges morgan stanley lent billions of dollars to new century, a now-defunct subprime lender, and pressured it to make loans to borrowers who cannot afford them. morgan stanley later packaged the loans and sold to pension funds and other large investors. cuba has announced it will scrao mak
the recent dump happened in ju off the west coast of canada, where the head of the local nation said it was touted as the salmon enhancement project. the nation president said the local people would have rejected the project if they had known of any potential negative consequences to the ocean. the national oceanic a graphic and emma's werke administration has announced september 2012 was tied for the warmest september on record worldwide. september marked the 331st month in a row with global...